On 07/15/2013 04:56 PM, Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski wrote:
Hello,
I'm considering packaging reduce from here:
http://kinemage.biochem.duke.edu/software/reduce.php
However, the licence seems to be non-free, despite saying
"This is free software":
http://kinemage.biochem.duke.edu/software/index.php
[...]
// NOTICE: This is free software and the source code is freely
// available. You are free to redistribute or modify under the
// conditions that (1) this notice is not removed or modified
// in any way and (2) any modified versions of the program are
// also available for free.
// ** Absolutely no Warranty **
Am I correct?
That is a poorly worded license. You might email them and ask them to
clarify the meaning of clause (2). I still think I'd want them to reword
it or drop it though. If they mean "free" as in "not for sale", it is
non-free. If they mean "free" as in "under the same license terms",
maybe... although I could still read that as potentially non-free. I'm
not sure what they're trying to prevent in clause (2).
~tom
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